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Developments in the Hungarian Housing Market
A record number of transactions, steep price increases, and an examination of lending market constraints – this was the comprehensive picture presented at the event of the Real Estate Market Section of the Hungarian Economic Association by Dorottya Pápai (REMAX GO...
Labor Market Impacts of AI – summary
The Labor Studies Section of the Hungarian Economic Association organized an online conference on April 7, 2026, in cooperation with the journal Közgazdasági Szemle. The event focused on Andrea Szalavetz’s study entitled “How Can We Navigate the Noise Surrounding the...
Real Estate Market Section: they continue
For another three-year term, the Real Estate Market Section of the HEA re-elected Balázs Pázmány, Chairman of the Board of Erste Asset Management Ltd., as its President. During the recently concluded renewal of officers, members also renewed their confidence for...
Industrial Policy Reloaded – What Can We Learn from the V4?
The Industrial and Entrepreneurial Section of the Hungarian Economic Association held a roundtable discussion on the global comeback of industrial policy and the divergent approaches of the V4 countries – Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia. Drawing on...
Disinflation or Suppressed Price Increases?
The Department of Economic Policy and Economic Theory of the Hungarian Economic Association convened leading representatives of the domestic analytical community for a roundtable discussion. During the ninety-minute debate, participants discussed the level of...
European Prospects of the Western Balkans
At a professional roundtable discussion held on April 30 by the EU Section of the Hungarian Economic Association (HEA), Péter Balázs—former Minister of Foreign Affairs, former European Commissioner, honorary member and former Vice President of the HEA—Zsolt Becsey,...
Economic Policy Section: Unchanged Board
For another three-year term, Péter Halmai, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and professor at the National University of Public Service as well as the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, will continue to serve as president of the HEA’s Economic...
Agricultural Section: New Members in the Board
The executive board of the Agricultural and Food Industry Section of the HEA has been strengthened with new members. In the recently concluded online election, voting members renewed their confidence for another three-year term in the section’s president, Attila...
Are we sure that every innovation is necessary?
From billion-dollar failures in the automotive industry to the legal regulation of artificial intelligence — at a sectional event of the HEA, three CEOs presented the darker side of innovation. Innovation is usually a celebrated concept: companies are expected to...
Rare Diseases: An Invisible Burden
A scientific roundtable discussion addressed the individual and societal burdens of rare diseases, the challenges of financing innovative therapies, and the future of digital medicine. The term “rare disease” is misleading – as emphasized at a scientific event held at...